Is there a band you just dont get?

Used to feel the same about the Foo Fighters, but changed my opinion a year or two ago. Though not sure that counts for much, as my music taste is so eclectic.

Weirdly I went the other way. Loved them, aloved all their albums, then wen't to see them at Milton keynes a couple of ears ago and the highlight for me was when Bob Mould came out on stage with them. Other than that It felt ver much like I was paying for their swimming pools.

Oh so many, but I'll stick to stuff in genres I otherwise like - I could say "One Direction" but I'm not a raving fan of any other boybands so it's not really the point.

For me, the one that I find inexplicable is AC/DC. I like loud, guitar based rock. I don't mind it being simple and uncomplicated, I can cope with the dumb lyrics. Given other bands that I like, I should like AC/DC but I just don't. I've heard most of their stuff, certainly all the "classic" albums and a fair few of the, er, "less classic" albums. I've seen them live ferrchrisakes, and I can play a most of their riffs on the guitar (not hard..) but it just doesn't do anything for me. Even cranked up to 11 and after a few beers. No, nothing.

The Beatles, I also find it hard to get through a whole album of, but I'll give them a pass because, to an extent you probably "had to be there" for them, they moved the boundaries of what a pop band could aspire to create, then they went back into the studio and moved the boundaries again. I can't think of anyone (maybe, just maybe Bowie) since who have come from a pure "pop" position and been so innovative while still keeping their "pop" status. There's artists who've been "pop" and then "gone serious" but pretty much without exception them "going serious" has coincided with them "not selling many records anymore".

The Beatles were experimenting with unheard of studio trickery, their image, loads of drugs, exotic foreign instruments and tunings etc. and still shifting truckloads of records to the kids. So, in summary, I do 'get' the Beatles even though I may not particularly 'like' them.

Used to feel the same about the Foo Fighters, but changed my opinion a year or two ago. Though not sure that counts for much, as my music taste is so eclectic.

Weirdly I went the other way. Loved them, aloved all their albums, then wen't to see them at Milton keynes a couple of ears ago and the highlight for me was when Bob Mould came out on stage with them. Other than that It felt ver much like I was paying for their swimming pools.

Just goes to show how two people can experience the same event and come to different opinions. I went to the Milton Keynes gig too and came out absolutely blown away and a bigger fan than when I went in. (Bob Mould was pretty cool too though )

Bands I just don't get:
The Beatles
Cream
Beach Boys
The Cribs
I'm sure there are many others but nearly any R&B & rap artist would probably be on the list too.

To save scientists from spending lots of time and money synthesising a cloneable being that is spliced from the genes of the Clash and the Levellers. And to save our ears from the result, which would be even more horrible than the sanitised American version we now have.

Rap or hip hop band - The music (more like weird sound but let's called them music as you wish) is fine without someone talking over it i guess but once they open their big mouth I really don't get it.

What's the point of this fast talking? If they want to talk then talk properly. If they want to sing then sing properly.

p/s: actually I don't get most of the "music or singing" ... for me the only acceptable ones are ABBA, Bee Gees, Carpenter perhaps Blondie at a push but beyond that I struggle to remember ...

The one that baffles me is Nirvana. I was the right age, I had musical tastes that were largely compatible and many of my mates were massively into them, but they just never meant much to me. I eventually got Nevermind and In Utero, but I can't remember the last time I listened to either.

God yeah, I really resented how they sort of monopolised the whole alternative rock scene and steered everything toward plaid shirts and angsty shouting - resulting in no record deals for a lot more intersting bands.

Could never see why people found them so appealing. Most successful rock band without a single decent tune?

The one that baffles me is Nirvana.
God yeah, I really resented how they sort of monopolised the whole alternative rock scene and steered everything toward plaid shirts and angsty shouting - resulting in no record deals for a lot more intersting bands.

Yeah, you should totally blame Nirvana for that. How dare they do something that appealed to people?!??! It's all totally their fault.

God yeah, I really resented how they sort of monopolised the whole alternative rock scene and steered everything toward plaid shirts and angsty shouting - resulting in no record deals for a lot more intersting bands.

Yeah, but do you remember what was going on musically before Smells Like Teen Spirit came along? I'm no Nirvana fan, but if their only contribution was kicking the crap out of Black Box and Soul2Soul then I'm a lifelong fan.

The Stones... I mean, pretty much every band I like was influenced by the Beatles and the Stones, and most of them by the Pistols or Sabbath, directly or indirectly. Can't listen to any of them. But you can respect the influence without liking the music I reckon.

Nicky Minaj- OK, I'm not the target market but there just doesn't seem to be anything about that whole package that isn't irredeemably awful.